Reviews commonly accepted notions of information value from the perspective of a computer scientist and suggests the importance of using an economic commodity value approach as the most meaningful way to establish information value. Information value as use, as traffic, and as commodity are considered. (Contains 24 references.) (LRW)

Discusses the computer generated graphs that can present trends not apparent in the usual printouts of employee data. (IRT)

Reviews criteria for assessment of appropriate information technology, comparing characteristics of modern information technology developed and applied in industrialized developed societies with constraints for information utilization in developing countries. Options for information technology are suggested. Four references are provided. (EJS)

This description of the Census DIME (dual independent map encoding) file is directed toward school administrators and their staffs rather than to computer analysts. DIME can be used as the central component for a geographically based management information system. It provides the mechanism for the spatial display of data and for the determination…

The citizen of tomorrow needs to understand the role of information in political systems; computer technology and information storage, retrieval, and use; the implications of information systems for individual rights; and the impact of computer crime, databanks, and systems analysis on the social, economic, and political spheres. (QKR)

Provides a brief look at the four components of Simu School: Santa Clara County, Dallas, Chicago, and Ohio State University; outlines some of the results of Simu School implementation; gives source people for more information on the program; and includes a list of publications from the Simu School Project. (Author/EA)

Describes important information-handling products, predicting future devices in light of convergence and greater flexibility offered through use of microchip technology. Contends that information technology and its impact of privacy depends on how information systems are used, arguing that the privacy issue deals more with moral/physiological…

Literature of information needs and uses of humanities scholars in universities is reviewed, using materials published from 1970 onwards. Areas covered include definitions of humanities, research materials, secondary services, computers, role of libraries and library services, and comparisons between humanities and other disciplines. A 174-item…

The unprecedented growth of the information sources concerning science and technology makes it particularly urgent that the processes of information storage, information retrieval, information processing according to needs, representation of results and their storage in preparation for the subsequent processing stages be mechanized. With this end…

Discussion of changes in scholarly communication due to the World Wide Web focuses on a comparison of two views of information production and use in computer-related research based on citation analysis of publications on the Web using autonomous citation indexing and a parallel citation analysis of traditional journal literature. (Author/LRW)

The purposes of this book include the following: (1) to help students in acquiring knowledge and skills needed to design and conduct experimental research, (2) to acquaint potential researchers with the various methods and instruments that are available, and (3) to suggest new areas of research. These purposes are discussed in the three parts of…

Presents examples from the University of Wisconsin-Extension of ways in which the computer can help extension personnel to better organize and use data in developing programs and in analyzing survey results and other data. (MF)

There is increasing conflict between the individual's right to privacy and the need for information about individuals by private and governmental institutions; these opposing forces need to be balanced. Two phenomena which have exacerbated this problem are the rapid advances in computer technology and the increasing demands of the individual on…

This collection of 22 papers from the Conference on Information in the Language Sciences held in Warrenton, Va., in 1966, sponsored by the Center for Applied Linguistics, stresses three themes: general trends, information needs of the languages sciences, and system design. Discussions attempt to formulate modern rational approaches to the complex…

Describes the methodology and results of a study that examined information flow at the technological research front by analyzing a Japanese national project in computer technology. Various formats of information dissemination are identified, and a classification of researchers and engineers by information transfer activities is presented. (4…